No novel is a clone of any preceding one, though with a background cast of characters and things that has grown to thousands, there are many familiar aspects.
Piers AnthonyIt would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it.
Piers AnthonyI don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.
Piers AnthonyPolishing: a useful lesson for the hopeful writer. You say your tormented prose doesn't read as well as mine? Neither does mine, at first!
Piers Anthony